MH Issues

The July 2015 issue of Military History features articles about the 1945 Russian invasion of Manchuria and contested islands to the north of Japan, the opening battle of the English Civil War at Edgehill in 1642, the 1945 execution of journalist Joe Morton at German hands, the March 1836 Mexican massacre of surrendered Texians at Goliad, a portfolio of images from war's end in 1945, and a review of films about World War I

The May 2015 issue of Military History features articles about the climactic battle of the 1982 Falklands War, the 1918 Allied Intervention in Russia, Napoléon's beloved Marshal Michel Ney, model turned combat photographer Lee Miller, the German superguns that targeted Paris in 1918, and Hermann Ehrhardt, the German Freikorps leader who defied both Nazis and communists in the wake of World War I.

The March 2015 issue of Military History features articles about Richard I's decisive victory at Jaffa in 1192, the Japanese bombing of the Australian port of Darwin in 1942, the Greek civil war that raged in the aftermath of World War II, a portfolio of works by French painter Jacques-Louis David, the wartime heroics and later betrayal of British pilot Frederick Rutland, and hard truths about the Jewish hilltop fortress of Masada.

The January 2015 issue of Military History features articles about how NATO beat the Warsaw Pact in the Cold War, the bitter and bloody 1675–78 King Philip's War in New England, the centuries-long clash between the imperial Romans and tribal Celts, Frederick Funston's bold 1901 raid that ended the Philippine Insurrection, and a look at the strange but true 1914 Christmas Truce on the Western Frontier.

The November 2014 issue of Military History features stories about the First Chechen War, the venturesome wartime career of Charles "Wild Jack" Howard (Earl of Suffolk), an early set of cigarette cards depicting historical British regimental uniforms, the Napoleonic-era sideshow Russo-Turkish War, British General Edmund Allenby's 1917 capture of Jerusalem and "Bonnie Prince Charlie's" comeuppance at Culloden in 1746.

The September 2014 issue of Military History features stories about the history of the contested Crimean Peninsula, African warrior-chief Shaka Zulu, the origin and distortion of the concept of jihad, a British exhibit of paintings that reveal naval warfare, World War I American doughboy and Medal of Honor recipient Alvin York, and the fate of Irishmen who deserted the U.S. Army to fight alongside their Catholic brethren in Mexico.

The July 2014 issue of Military History features stories about the British soldier-poets of World War I, the trial by fire of Task Force Smith at the outset of the Korean War, Emperor Napoléon's six days of fleeting glory in 1814, how U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. helped bankroll the French leading into World War II, a portfolio of World War I trench art, and the Christian infighting that preceded the Muslim overthrow of Crusader kingdoms in the Holy Land.

The May 2014 issue of Military History features stories about 10 of history's worst weapons, Saxon noble Hereward the Wake's 1071 stand against William the Conqueror and the Normans, the 1946 Cold War naval clash between Britain and Albania, long-term consequences of the short-lived 1857 Indian Rebellion, World War II American soldier-painter Rudolph Von Ripper, and Margaret Bourke-White's stunning images of the Eighth Air Force at war.

The March 2014 issue of Military History features stories about controversial Irish freedom fighter Michael Collins, the seesaw 1814 siege of Fort Erie, medical pioneers of military history, painter Eugene Delacroix's images of war, embattled Istanbul, and the 1260 Battle of Ayn Jalut, at which the Mongols finally met their match.

The January 2014 issue of Military History features stories about the failed 1979-89 Soviet war in Afghanistan, the true cost of war to victors, Ben Franklin's Tory bastard son William, the history of war-torn Alexandria (Egypt), combat photographer Robert Capa, and the bold 1917 charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba (in present-day Israel).

The November 2013 issue of Military History features stories about combat photographer W. Eugene Smith, the 1914 assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Napoleon's ill-fated 1812 invasion of Russia, the military history of Paris, Queen Elizabeth's English Sea Dog privateers and Philippine adventurer Captain Cary Crockett (yes, that Crockett family).

The September 2013 issue of Military History features stories about the versatile if crude AK-47 assault rifle, the reasons behind Rome's fall, the Duke of Wellington, a portfolio of World War II newspaper headlines, the 1066 Norman invasion of Britain and Revolution-era British General Sir Henry Clinton.

The July 2013 issue of Military History features stories about the rules of war, penicillin's role in healing soldiers, the 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada, the U.S. military Code of Conduct, the 1527 Sack of Rome and the tumultuous early career of General Winfield Scott.

The May 2013 issue of Military History features stories about the history of military camouflage, Prussian King Frederick II, the 1950 Korean War Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, a traveling exhibition of war photography, the war-torn city of Gaza and the German spy network that plagued the United States in the lead-up to World War I.

The March 2013 issue of Military History features stories about the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War, Revolution-era British Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton, a portfolio of Pacific War color photographs by Edward Steichen et al., pioneering black Army officer Charles Young, the embattled city of Damascus and Lithuanian resistance to postwar Soviet rule.

The January 2013 issue of Military History features stories about the World War II armored struggle for Normandy's Hill 112, the Revolution-era Society of the Cincinnati, the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War and an accompanying portfolio of propaganda cartoons, the embattled city of Adrianople in present-day Turkey, and the Swedish warrior-king Gustavus II Adolphus.

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